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Palazzo della Sapienza.
Pantheon I.
Pantheon II. …
op Sydney
November 1 2025 · street-photography
Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Up until this point in my life I wasn’t sure if the Sydney Opera House was real. Growing up watching terrestrial television, I’d see the occasional news story with the reporter standing in front of the Opera House talking directly into the camera about the latest beach, bank, or sunny day in Sydney. …
Wintering on Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri
Alfred H. Burton’s account and photographs of his three month trip to lakes Te Anau and Manapouri in June 1889.
One of Burton's Camp, Lake Manapouri.
Text sourced from the New Zealand National Library:
Melbourne Photography XIII
Enlightenment ideals lead to orthogonal cities. Blocks of houses with roads intersecting at right angles. Intentionally designed, orderly, and rationale. Fitzroy and surrounding suburbs echo this sentiment, though the houses and roads have had their aesthetic margins and padding removed. No empty space for the sake of it, instead neighbouring houses that share walls, and front doors that open directly onto the footpath. Faces of houses reflect the view that magpies see from the sky above. …
Seven Weeks with the Camera among the Glaciers of Mt Cook
Mount Cook, Hooker Valley.
George Moodie’s account and photographs from his February 1893 trip to Mount Cook.
- Text sourced from the NZ Alpine Journal Vol I, No. 4, November 1893 .
- Photographs from the Te Papa Digital Archive .
I have attempted to find, locate, and place the photographs that Moodie describes into the relevant areas …